Quote from: zorachus99 on February 19, 2021, 11:57:04 PM

Quote from: btcshiner on February 19, 2021, 11:44:10 PM

I watched a video by some Russian guy named Crypto Leo. He had a Zotac 3060 and was given credit in a article by videocardz.com as confirming that on ETH it did indeed cut the hash rate in half.

What the article didn't go on to say was that in a follow up video he tested the 5 top money algo's out right now and the card actually did close to or better than a 3060 TI in 3 of them. Octopus, Cortex and Cuckatoo31. All of which give this card a great ROI at under $400.

Will the bull market last long enough for Nvidia to need to try to roll this out to new skus like the 3080TI or to kill old sku's as rumored and add it anti ETH technology to it's full ampere line? Maybe

In the short term is this gonna drive up demand for cards that aren't hampered you bet. Will the 3000's series cards already out hold their value better now? I think so.

Sadly gamers or small miners can't line up and score a card at their local Best Buy due to "covid". They now have to compete on a national level unless they have a Microcenter close by or a good local parts store that has been getting an allocation of cards. I have neither.

Now gamers who could use the card in off hours to pay off a portion of it or potentially build wealth in the digital world on what will likely be a widely used card can't. And the big guys win again.

Be nice if AMD would put out a card with good gaming and mining capability again.

You forgot that you can pay scalpers on Ebay a $1000 premium for a 3080 or 3090. They are flying like pancakes at these prices.

I didn't forget this. If I could sit at Bestbuy overnight and get a card I could bypass the additional money asked by resellers who have stock available now. If I was a gamer looking for one card I would be happy I got one at MSRP.

I can buy a bot or pay a friend to code one so I can sell some "hotcakes" and keep ones I like for my farm. Doesn't make sense for someone looking for a single card....